So Young

Cause we were so young then
We are so young, so young now
And when tomorrow comes
We’ll just do it all again

Today, Zhen came by in the morning with an aim to complete Glee Season 1 and we managed to achieve it XD. Then, Davi swing by to pick us up for a reunion lunch with Amans at Jaya 33. We had Italian food, which was not bad but they serve a pretty lousy latte. I really should have given "Everything but the Kitchen Sink"(A drink name..seriously) a try.=P

It was a good old reunion as we shared bits and pieces of our lifes, mostly involving "WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN UP TO LATELY!!??". It also involved a couple of medical jargons almost every five minutes because quite a number of them completed their first year at medical school. I even managed to gain some knowledge from their conversations about their life in their respective medical schools. Some said it is the ride of their life, while some said that it is a stressful path. But all of them agreed on one thing: MEDICINE IS FUN TO LEARN. =D We talked about random stuff too from trips to music to relationships. Basically, we really could go on talking the ENTIRE DAY if there were no other plans.

Then, Nikki gave Zhen and I a lift to Sri Aman because Zhen's mum can then give me a lift home. This is probably the 4th time returning to high school since I left, well mainly because I needed teachers to certify certs. Hence, every trip made here was to just hurriedly get things settled and I never really had time to revisit my high school years. Plus, I was more in the carnival mood for Hari K, so there was very little nostalgic feel.

But today's trip was really meaningful. Since I had time to linger around school grounds, Zhen and I decided to sort of "crash" the Prefect Board's AGM. Huh, I remember how my Fridays use to be...prefect meeting at the Form 6 classroom where I always thought that a sloping classroom was uber cool (jakun)...then there is staying back at the Prefect's Room until late in the evening due to the lack of transport...Prefect Room was the place where I found true friendship, solitude and solace. Well, it is also the place where I nerd through PMR and SPM and had my afternoon naps. LOL

We "crashed" just to meet up with our discipline teacher and well..to KPC. I saw a group full of neatly dressed maroon monsters (yes, that is the student label for prefects in my school), being there for different reasons. For the Fifth formers it was for freedom and satisfaction while for the Form Fours, it was the beginning of a hectic but enjoyable journey. Well, the rest was there to know who's the new boss or to feel the inspiration and positivity from soon-to-be-ex-prefects.

That was the moment when everything came back to me. The feeling of unity and the sense of belonging..(cliche). How I used to have so much fun despite complaining about how hectic it was finishing weekly minutes of meeting or just completing paperwork. Famous phrases we gently and persistently tell students like "Please kancing", "Please roll down your sleeves", "Don't lean against the wall". The rushed 10 min recess that trained me to eat fast even in college nowadays. The awkwardness of walking around with a nail clipper and forcing students to clip their long nails. The privilege we had to skip class due to "an important prefect duty" which was sometimes true and sometimes not.=P Prefect Camps, organizing school events, handling school assemblies every Monday. The joy I felt when I was chosen as Secretary during the 2006 AGM or the last speech that I gave that have numerous "lahs" in it, which made me sound a little "ah beng" during the 2007 AGM.

Prefect Board has truly shaped me as an individual and I have learned invaluable life lessons by being part of it. I have learned confidence, respect for others, proper ettiquette, manners, discipline, event management, social skills, teamwork and a whole long list of other great values from prefectship. But the most important thing was the friendship and love I felt in the Prefect Board that lasted until today even it has been 3 years since high school ended.

It is also a bit of a wake up call today. It reminded me of that disciplined girl I used to be and how complacent I have been during college. There was a spark of inspiration to fix my flaws and bad habits I developed in college. I further revisited prefectship by digging up the prefect scroll from my closet and I read through the oath several times the minute I reached home. I even took a peep at my maroon blazer.

So, as if this blogpost is not already too cliche, I am going to quote from Glee. Here goes: "Being part of something special makes you special". For me, it was being part of the Prefectorial Board of my school was what made me feel special. And quoting a senior prefect that I truly look up to:

ONCE A MAROON, ALWAYS A MAROON

Thus, I have decided not to waste away my three months playing Waka-Waka on Facebook or daydreaming. Oh, don't get me wrong...I was not planning on jumping at a medical book or something since I have 5 years to do that. I just think that with so little time left before I fly, I should spend it on something more useful. =)